Triangulation 2010 podcasts

The recordings on this page were made as we created the 2010 version of the Triangulation anthology. They contain a record of the work done in putting together the anthology, as well as knowledge about writing and fiction editing. We hope they will be a resource for both writers and editors.

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• 2010-03-06: We talk about Triangulation: Taking Flight and how some of the stories came to be printed. Guest podcaster Pete Butler chimes in with some of his thoughts. We talk about weighing the factors in selecting a story, and the importance of standard manuscript format.
• 2010-02-24: An interview with Ken Chiacchia.
• 2010-02-20 (part 2): An interview with Amy Treadwell.
• 2010-02-20: We talk about Triangulation: End of Time and what stories we liked the best in that issue. Also included are tricks to make your characters seem real, an explanation of where our theme comes from, what it's like as we near the submission deadline, and what our vision is for the anthology.
• 2010-02-13 (part 2): We talk about what we're looking for in hard sci-fi, Steve describes a story's shape, and we theorize on how you can develop your voice as a writer.
• 2010-02-13 Should your story have a message? How important is a good title? What's more important, a strong idea or strong characters? Why do we have a 5000 word limit? What does a scene need to achieve? How do you know if your story needs to be set up?
• 2010-01-30 (part 2): We provide our opinions on Heinlein's 5 laws, redux on how to make good endings, and offer some theories on how to make readers care about your story.
• 2010-01-30: A list of writing resources online (reproduced here). We then discuss the importance of spelling and grammar, and the nature of the writing business.
  • Duotrope
  • Ralan
  • Critters and the blackhole list
  • Writing Excuses Podcasts
  • Odyssey Podcasts
  • Preditors and Editors
  • Writer Beware
  • Making Light
  • Wordle
  • 7th Sanctum
  • Holy Mother Grammatica
  • James Gunn's Intensive Writers Workshop
  • James Gunn's Novel Writers Workshop
  • Clarion
  • Writers of the Future Contest
  • Visual Thesaurus
  • Online Writing Workshop
• 2010-01-23: We discover that Bill's writing process is horribly over-engineered, as well as discuss how to make good ideas into good stories, and how to tell good ideas from lousy ideas.
• 2010-01-16: We accept 3 stories! Then go on to discuss creating great endings, what makes believable and interesting dialog, and what the big hubub is about show verses tell.
• 2010-01-09: In this episode we give away free story ideas by brainstorming in front of the microphone. We also complain about common cover letter mistakes and cover more information on keeping your story interesting.
• 2010-01-02: Let us introduce the staff that makes the Triangulation anthology happen. We also discuss the most common reasons why we reject stories and offer some suggestions on how to overcome these problems.

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